40 Records That Captured The Moment(Thanks To Kevern For This List.)
Published In NME's 40th Anniversary Issue 9th May 1992.

The Chart Is Introduced As Follows:

"1952 And This Groovy Odyssey Begins. The Pages Of Nme Are On Fire With
Angsty Exchanges Between Trad Jazzers And The 'Hep-Cats'. Sinatra Is
Screen-Testing For From Here To Eternity, Hank Williams Is Fixing To Die,
And Rock'n'roll Is Jerking And Bobbing - Ready To Go Overground And
Transform The Entrie Galazy. Then, As Now, Each Year Could Be Defined By On
King-Hell Slice Of Perfect Pop That Said It All.
Here, Then, Is The Music That Hit The Bullseye Through All Those Changing
Styles, Tastes, Faces, Fashions And Fads Of What We Call 'Rock 'N' Roll' -
The 40 Tracks Of Our Years."

A feature that started on 12th Oct 2013 on the re launch of the magazine and
ended with the demise of the news stand paid for version of the magazine in
July 2015. The albums were selected one a week by an artists (named). The
ranking is the week order they appeared.